Young scholars take nature walks to collect items from the environment such as leaves, shells, branches, feathers, and seeds. Working in groups, they assemble their items into mobiles and display them in the classroom.

First graders ponder the question of how plants help their lives. They observe and compare properties of several different plants. Differentiate between living organisms and nonliving objects.

Students create flip books that illustrate the growth and change of a plant or an animal as it goes through its life cycle.

Students research endangered animals and plants.  In this biology lesson, students are read Will We Miss Them? Endangered Species by Alexandra Wright before they begin searching for information to complete an endangered species...

Students listen to the Magic School House Plants a Seed. For this locating information lesson, students discuss the various presentations of information in the book. Students complete a worksheet of information.

Students plant seeds and watch their plants grow in the classroom while learning about the process.

First graders identify vegetables and flowers that can be grown from seed.  In this seed sowing lesson, student learn the correct spacing and planting of various types of seeds. Students label plants. 

First graders learn the basic needs of plants, label the major parts of a plant and name their uses. They also use a KWL chart.

Pupils examine the effects of acid rain on plants. They observe the growth of seeds and the health of different plants for a month. They share their findings with the community.

Students combine their prior knowledge about plants with a garden learning activity. In this science gardening lesson, students discuss what plants need to survive. Students then plant a seed themselves and demonstrate learning by caring...

Students discover the process of planting chili. After comparing two types of seeds students plant and with the use of a digital camera, record the seed progress. When ready for transplant, students take young plants to a retirement...

Students explore concepts of plants they eat, where and how they grow and are introduced to genetic diversity. They examine seed characteristics, look at their different sizes, shapes and germination time. They also set up seeds to...

Students identify how plants affect the survival of a caterpillar and what plants need to survive. They plant three bean seeds in the three containers, placing two containers at a sunny window and the third one in a dark closet and label...

Students review the needs of animals, hypothesize the needs of plants, and set up experiments to test hypotheses.

Students examine the uses of plants from many different biomes, particularly, rain forests to uncover data about the production of new drugs and the cross-cultural sharing of foods. A rain forest food festival reinforces the concept of...

Students collect seeds outside to study under the microscope.

The principles of levers and simple machines are presented here. An easy-to-make lever is constructed by each group of scientists, and they use it to explore how this simple machine makes heavy things so much easier to lift and move. A...

This unit of lessons is designed for 7th through 9th graders. They are introduced to the world of agriculture and the genetic research and various technologies that are associated with agriculture. Pupils work together to come up with a...

Pupils collect seeds from field plants as part of understanding seed dispersal.

Students use scientific methods to investigate the effects of overpopulation of seed plants on growth in a limited living space. Students relate seed plant population findings to that of other organisms.

In this growing tomatoes worksheet, learners experience and participate in the process of growing tomatoes over a three or four month span of time. Students follow six directives in producing tomato plants.

Young scholars using scientific inquiry will observe and record in daily journals their findings on cotton seeds. They measure, graph, and then communicate their discoveries about plants to each other.

In this flowering plants worksheet, students review 11 vocabulary words associated with reproduction in flowering plants by matching the term with its definition.

Learners look into plants. In this science lesson plan, students discover the four parts of a green plant and the functions of each part.